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Developed by and for the Royal Shakespeare Company, this edition includes on-page notes, a scene-by-scene summary, a new introduction, and interviews with celebrated directors Peter Brook, Sam Mendes and Rupert Goold, offering new angles on Shakespeare's magical vision.

The Tempest --
Textual Notes --
Scene-by-Scene Analysis --
The Tempest in Performance: The RSC and Beyond --
Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre --
Shakespeare's Works: A Chronology.

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William Shakespeare.

Abstract:

Developed by and for the Royal Shakespeare Company, this new edition includes outstanding on-page notes, a comprehensive scene-by-scene summary, a new introduction from Jonathan Bate and interviews with celebrated directors Peter Brook, Sam Mendes and Rupert Goold, offering illuminating new angles on Shakespeare's magical vision.Read more...

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'Informative, thought-provoking and humane.' - Dr Colin Burrow, University of Oxford 'Footnotes at the bottom of each page gloss unfamiliar items of vocabulary, paraphrase tricky meanings and uncover bawdy puns. There is a universe to be found in these annotations: the Renaissance world of power and fate, sex and death, language and philosophy.' - Times Educational SupplementRead more...